Opened up the lanai doors to find a mama and her brood of chickens looking for breakfast… We are asked not to feed them, as the chickens have overpopulated the island due to no natural predators.. Cute to see though…
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Those darn chickens are everywhere. I guess they have no natural predator, so they live quite happily all over the island.
Here’s the scoop on the Kona Winds:
Kona, a resort town on the leeward side of Hawaii’s Big Island, is a Hawaiian term for the stormy, rain-bearing winds that blow over the islands from the SW or SSW, in the opposite direction of trade winds. The western or leeward sides of the islands, then, become windward in this case, as the predominant wind pattern is reversed.
Kona winds occur when a low-pressure center is within 500 miles Northwest of the Islands and has an unusually low central pressure, below 1,000 millibars for the subtropics.
Although strong Kona winds usually don’t last for more than a day, during this time they can cause considerable damage to boats caught in the open ocean or anchored in SW exposed anchorages. On land, the effects of strong Kona winds can be very dramatic. It’s common for trees to be uprooted, branches downed, and roofs blown off houses. When reinforced by mountainous topography, downslope winds can gust over 100 mph, causing destruction in low-lying areas. On Oahu, the Schofield area below Kole Kole Pass in the Waianae Range and the Kaneohe-Kahaluu area below the Ko’olau Mountains has experienced extensive wind damage due to strong Kona winds.
Looking forward to your pictures from the “Grand Canyon of Hawaii”.
I know of a predator, KFC!